Improvement in washing-machines



H. MYERS.

Washing-Machines.

No. 136,855, Patented March18,1873.

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HIRAM MYERS, or HIGHLAND, KANSAS.

IMPiROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forinin g part of Letters Patent No. 136,855, dated March18, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM MYERS, of Highland, county of Doniphan, Stateof Kansas,

have invented certain Improvements in Washclothes are thoroughly rubbedand cleansed in one operation without first rubbing them and afterwardboiling them, which is the commonly-used method. j

In order to describe my'invention more fully I refer to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification.

Figure I is a plan view, with the lid raised, of a wash-boiler embodyingmy invention. Fig. II is a detached cut-sectional view of the interiorcylinder.

A and B are two circular wooden or metallic disks, held apart a certaindistance by aid of wooden or metallic slats 0Q. The disks A and B arecut through a certain distance from the center, thus forming twoseparate pieces, a and b, which are held apart at the same distance as Aand B by aid of slats D D, and forming a lid, L, which is held to thedisks A and B by aid of the metallic support E,pin c, spring-catch F,and-recessd. In the center of the disks A and B; are out two largeholes, G and H, into the edges of which is inserted the netting, of wireor cord, forming a cylinder, 1. I One side of this cylinder is connectedwith cord or wire to the slat G, which thus forms a division-wall, J. Inthe interior of the lid L, opposite the division-wall J, is formedanother division-wall, K, of cord or wire, being suspended between theslat D and a slat, M, placed between the end pieces of the lid a and andb. Cord or wire being stretched between the slats C G D D inclose thecylinder I and the two division-walls J and K. The thusformed cylinder Sis suspended between the walls N and O of the wash-boiler R by aid ofthe axle P, held to the cylinder S by aid of the pieces E and g andpiece h, to which is fastened the axle Q, crank T, and lfandle V. A lid,U, closes the boiler, when the washing is performed. 7

Inorder to operate my improved wash-boiler water and soap-suds areintroduced into the boiler R, and the clothes throughthe lid L in-' tothe cylinder S. Boiling water may he used,

' or the boiler may be placed upon the fire with cold water, and made toboil under the operation of washing the clothes. By turning the cylinderS the.clothes w1ll be rubbed against the sides of the wire or cordwithout entangling themselves in one another, and prevented from doingso by aid of the division-walls and cell At the same time the boilingWitnesses:

F. J. GLosE, J. W. STEELE.

